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Episode 1: "Rough Housing" (recap)
Original airdate: 8/24/1979

Blair is icked out by Cindy's penchant for hugging and touching other females, and accuses her of being strange.
Episode 2: "Like Mother, Like Daughter" (recap)
Original airdate: 8/31/1979

Blair's MILFY mom drops by for Parents' Night and causes a scandal when she openly flirts with the married father of another student. 
Episode 3: "The Return of Mr. Garrett" (recap)
Original airdate: 9/7/1979

Mrs. Garrett's ex-husband drops by to propose re-marriage, but their rekindled flame burns out when she discovers that he's responsible for teaching the Eastland girls how to play poker.
Episode 4: "I.Q." (recap)
Original airdate: 9/14/1979

Tootie finds a confidential list of IQ scores and shows it to the rest of the girls, and soon everyone believes that Nancy is the smartest girl in school...and that Sue Ann is the dumbest.  
Episode 5: "Overachieving" (recap)
Original airdate: 3/12/1980

Tootie's father visits Eastland for Career Day and is troubled when he learns that his daughter's greatest ambition in life is to become a beautician...so he announces that he's pulling her out of the school and enrolling her somewhere better. 
Episode 6: "Emily Dickinson" (recap)
Original airdate: 3/14/1980

Blair "borrows" a poem from Emily Dickinson for a class assignment, and Mr. Bradley unwittingly enters the plagiarized work in a state poetry contest. 
Episode 7: "Dieting" (recap)
Original airdate: 3/21/1980

Blair sets up Sue Ann on a date with a popular rich boy, then teases her about being a chubbo...and the intense pressure to be thin causes Sue Ann to go on a starvation diet and pass out. 
Episode 8: "The Facts of Love, aka Sex Education" (recap)
Original airdate: 4/4/1980

Mrs. Garrett is tasked by the school board to teach a sex education class to the Eastland girls, but the decision doesn't go over well with the sexually stunted headmaster.
Episode 9: "Flash Flood" (recap)
Original airdate: 4/11/1980

Blair and Tootie put themselves in harm's way when they attempt to rescue their animals from the stables during a severe thunderstorm...and when Mr. Bradley shows up to rescue them [and strips down to his undershirt], Blair is somehow turned on and convinces herself she's in love with him. (Yes, really.)
Episode 10: "Adoption" (recap)
Original airdate: 4/25/1980

When Natalie tells everyone she was adopted, Blair offers to help her find her birth mother...but the effort is quickly abandoned when Mrs. Garrett subtly guilts Natalie into abruptly ending the search.
Episode 11: "Running" (recap)
Original airdate: 5/2/1980

When Sue Ann announces that Cindy will be her successor on the track team, Mr. Bradley worries that Eastland might lose custody of their hideous tin trophy...so he pits the two girls against each other in order to fire up their competitive spirit.
Episode 12: "Molly's Holiday" (recap)
Original airdate: 6/4/1980

Molly hatches a lame plan to reunite her separated parents, but her efforts turn out to be pointless when her dad shows up at Eastland with his new girlfriend.
Episode 13: "Dope" (recap)
Original airdate: 6/11/1980

In this very special season finale, Sue Ann feels pressured to smoke pot to fit in with a popular clique, while Blair looks on disapprovingly...and the shit hits the fan when Tootie and Natalie buy bongs and Tootie explains to Mrs. Garrett that she got the idea when she saw one in the popular girls' dorm room.